Diablo (series)

All interest in this seems to have dropped off a cliff. Even some of the most ardent streamers have bailed and moved onto PoE or Last Epoch.

I don't this season is going to change anything up significantly enough to fix things. Based on comments in Devtalks I think a lot of the season stuff was already set in the pipeline. S3 is probably where things will start to change as it's all gone to shit and I can imagine a few meetings have happened

Made it to about level 85 in S1. Couldn’t get an upgrade on the uniques that were part of my build and just gave up. Endless NM grinding for nothing. I have no desire to go back now. It was good but it’s done and dusted now.

This is the same as me. I was just getting fed up of finding vulnerable damage items. There was just no fun happening - it fast turned into just a solid grind, which I wouldn't mind so much if there was actually something to grind *for*

I didn’t even cash in the season pass I got with my edition, in spite of some of the most hostile UI this side of “if you keep jamming on the A button to skip the company logo videos you’ll immediately hit the quit button on the login screen”. I might play again with the new season but I think the structure of the game once you’re through the campaign (which I thought in general was excellent, but felt like I had to rush through to get ready for the season) isn’t very good. The game, for me, doesn’t really gain anything from the MMO-lite overworld except an even more stringent always-online requirement and a bunch of stuttering. The whole map/shrines thing felt like some busywork added for the hardcore 12 hour a day crowd except that in the end I felt forced into that, again due to the upcoming season, burning myself out and those players would have just chewed through that too, ultimately leaving nobody satisfied. I thought I’d play it a bunch on the Deck but the launcher shenanigans are just enough of a pain that I can’t be bothered and obviously it doesn’t keep itself updated.

Just a bunch of things that while they’re not huge on their own added up. I don’t regret buying it as I’ve had more than enough entertainment out of it but I think they’ve done a bad job of making a “forever game” type thing and that’s ended up compromising the experience.

It’s just… dull. Shitty mobs take an age to kill. They’ve made it in such a way that you never feel powerful and it’s that which is the dealbreaker for me. Play something like Grim Dawn and it’s such a more rewarding experience.

Interestingly, as a filthy casual, I'm still enjoying it. I binned off the seasonal character because I think I just wasn't gelling with it, and as others have said it was faaaaar too close to the launch. It's a shame, because I quite enjoyed parts of it but got to around level 30 and noped out.

Went back in these past few weeks for a little bit here, a little bit there, and it's scratching the Diablo itch for me.

I always felt Grim Dawn felt a bit slow. I did play it just after Early Access ended though so maybe I should give it another bash. Just felt like it took too long to get interesting skills, then I hit a brick wall and had to unlearn them to stack points in maybe three different moves.

Doubt D4 will hook me back with S2 promises, but OTOH it did make me give POE and Last Epoch a serious try. So GJ ActiBlizz.

Yeah, I tried at about half 6 and was confused when I didn’t have the option to select seasonal play.

Rolled a seasonal character despite myself. Got bored after thirty mins and went back to LotF. Oh well.

Apparently it's much better, loot and XP galore.

See despite my reservations with D4, one thing I could never levy at it was that it looks or feels dated. Last Epoch must look something else as I think D4 looks stunning most of the time.

I might elaborate further as I figure it out. It feels like I'm playing something from 2010. No doubt some of it is the early-ARPG lack of oomph while you put together some skills, which is expected, but I'll see.